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Overview
You’ll gain valuable skills to develop curriculum, design learning environments, and to build and maintain partnerships to better support students with the M.Ed. in Special Education at the American College of Education .
Key Features
- You’ll take a total of twelve courses. Seven courses (most students take one at a time) center around special education. In your coursework, you’ll explore ethical practices and standards in special education, building collaborative relationships, and assessment and evaluation in special education. You’ll also take one course in classroom management and one course in research. Each course is five weeks long.
- Your chosen focus of study comprises three courses to align with your goals. Choose from Differentiated Instruction, Early Childhood Education, or General Special Education. Alternatively, you can customize your own General Track by selecting the courses that interest you most.
- Differentiated Instruction
- Early Childhood Education
- General Special Education
- General Track
- At the end of the program, you’ll complete a capstone course to demonstrate and document the impact of the knowledge you’ve gained throughout the program.
Accreditation
Higher Learning Commission
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Courses include:
- Principles and Practices of Classroom Management
- Research and Applied Behavioral Analysis in the Special Education Classroom
- Developmental Characteristics of Exceptional Learners
- Strategies for Teaching Diverse Learners
- Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education
- Building Collaborative Relationships
- Law and Policy in Special Education
- Ethical Practices and Standards in Special Education
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Duration
- Part-time
- 17 months
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Language
English
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 80
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6.5
Credits
34 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Education Special Education Early Childhood Education View 1018 other Masters in Education in United StatesExplore more key information
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GPA Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems. 2.75
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 80
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Bachelor's or Highest Post-Baccalaureate degree earned
- Minimum Grade Point Average 2.75 on a 4.0 Scale for full admission
- Documentation of at least an initial teaching license (in the state the applicant resides), school service personnel license, or a school services certificate
- If applicants do not have a teaching certificate, they may document their teaching status by providing evidence of full-time teaching assignment from an individual in a supervisory capacity or from a human resources official of the school at their current employment
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6705 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 9500 USD for the full programme and a duration of 17 months. -
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6705 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 9500 USD for the full programme and a duration of 17 months.
Funding
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